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Nipah virus

Claim

Nipah is a new virus — a disease deadlier than Ebola and that inspired the 2011 movie Contagion. Nipah virus emerged from fruit bats in Malaysia and spread among pigs. Animals were culled, and the outbreak was contained. But the World Health Organization considers Nipah a virus that could go pandemic.

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Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Biosciences » Bacteriology
  • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J3809
    DOCID
    12038090
    D7NID
    171158
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024